Jacksonville Jaguars

Two hours and a methodical, historic and eventually inevitable Jacksonville comeback later, Los Angeles was heading home instead. "I'm hurting for everybody in ...

Which is all to say: That the Chargers were in the postseason and in a position to throttle a division winner on the road after the 2022 season they had battled through was impressive in itself. For a franchise well-versed in heartbreaking defeats, Staley and the Chargers experienced a new low in Jacksonville, one they hope they can recover from next year. "I think he felt like there were a bunch of things that kind of accumulated throughout the game and tried to talk through it with the officials. The Chargers didn't get a single stop on the Jags' four second-half marches and aided Jacksonville's comeback by committing boneheaded penalties at the wrong time. The Chargers benefited from outstanding field position en route to picking up points on five on their first seven drives; three marches started inside the Jags' red zone, and none began behind L.A.'s 32-yard line. Jacksonville's comeback was the third-largest in NFL postseason history, trailing only Andrew Luck's Colts defeating the Chiefs nine years ago (-28) and Frank Reich's Bills ousting the Oilers 30 years prior (-32).

The Jacksonville quarterback cleverly responded to his first postseason victory as a pro.

[Trevor Lawrence](https://www.si.com/college/college-football/player/trevor-lawrence) threw four interceptions in the first half, allowing Los Angeles to take a 27-0 lead. But, after Jacksonville scored a touchdown late in the first half, the Jaguars outscored the [Chargers](https://www.si.com/nfl/team/los-angeles-chargers) 24-3 in the second half to win the game. [Jaguars](https://www.si.com/nfl/team/jacksonville-jaguars) pulled off one of the [biggest comebacks in NFL playoff history](https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/01/15/jaguars-comeback-playoff-win-trevor-lawrence-arrives) on Saturday night, overcoming a 27-point deficit to defeat the Chargers and move on to the divisional round.

The Jaguars stormed past the Chargers in their largest come-from-behind victory in franchise history in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs.

The Chargers scored a field goal to extend their lead to 10-0 early in the first quarter. He threw a fourth in the second quarter of the contest. Still, Jacksonville's defense forced the Chargers to punt four times, while holding them to four field goal attempts on other drives. He finished the game with seven catches for 93 yards and a TD. According to The Boston Globe's Ben Volin, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence became the first QB to throw three interceptions in the first quarter of a playoff game. Chargers defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day tipped a Lawrence pass up and linebacker Drue Tranquill picked it off with just a minute removed from the start of the contest. Targeting receiver Zay Jones, Lawrence threw his second interception of the game, this time to Chargers DB Asante Samuel Jr. It also added to the growing trend of the Jaguars — fall behind early and overcome late. They converted those three drives into two touchdowns and a field goal - 17 points. receiver did not participate in practice throughout the week and was eventually ruled out on Friday. Prior to the contest, the Chargers ruled out receiver Mike Williams. The Jaguars overcame a 27-point deficit in the first half to defeat the Chargers.

Former Clemson quarterback overcomes four first-half interceptions and throws four touchdowns to lead Jacksonville Jaguars to an improbable 31-30 win over ...

Want to join in on the discussion? That's when Lawrence made one of his best throws of the night to find an open Marvin Jones in the end zone for a 9-yard TD pass. [https://www.si.com/college/clemson/](https://www.si.com/college/clemson/) After the Chargers answered with a field goal, their only score of the second half, Lawrence found Zay Jones on a 39-yard scoring strike. Interact with fellow Tiger fans and hear directly from publisher Zach Lentz, deputy editor Brad Senkiw, recruiting analyst Jason Priester and staff writer Will Vandervort on any subject. Lawrence was able to lead a TD drive right before the half that was critical. It appeared after the Chargers went up 27-0 and kicked a field goal at 4:28 left in the half that the game was over. [https://www.youtube.com/c/AllClemson](https://www.youtube.com/c/AllClemson) It's definitely one I'll never forget. Then they came out in the second half, got a stop defensively and went on a 14-play, 89-yard drive that ended with a 6-yard TD pass from Lawrence to Marvin Jones. [https://www.facebook.com/allclemson](https://www.facebook.com/allclemson) "It's up there," Lawrence said.